Criminal misconduct probe sought against suspended IPS officer Qaiser Khalid in Ghatkopar hoarding collapse

A authorities authoritative said the probe uncovered that though the onshore connected which the hoarding was erected belonged to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Khalid, who was the Government Railway Police (GRP) Commissioner astatine the time, allegedly instructed a instrumentality serviceman to change his study to authorities that the onshore belonged to the Railways. This enactment is said to person caused fiscal losses to the state. Additionally, the Crime Branch recovered that the tendering process for the hoarding violated authorities regulations.

The study specifically references Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, which deals with transgression misconduct by nationalist servants. This conception states that a nationalist servant tin beryllium charged if they dishonestly oregon fraudulently misappropriate spot entrusted to them oregon intentionally enrich themselves illicitly portion successful office.

While the Crime Branch has not yet straight linked Khalid to a fiscal trail, the chargesheet notes that Arshad Khan, an accused successful the case, took Rs 84 lakh from Bhavesh Bhinde, the proprietor of the amerciable hoarding that collapsed. Khan was besides a spouse successful a institution wherever Khalid’s woman was a partner. Khan told constabulary that helium provided services to Bhinde and was paid for them.

According to the Crime Branch, Khan had received cheques from Bhinde, which were past deposited into assorted slope accounts earlier being converted into cash.

So far, the transgression subdivision has officially not clarified what happened to the currency handed implicit to Arshad.

Sources said a determination connected the study sent by them would either beryllium taken by CM Devendra Fadnavis who is besides the location curate oregon the further main caput (home). An authoritative said that nether Section 17(A), an support from the authorities authorities would beryllium needed to transportation retired a probe against a authorities servant nether the PC Act.

“Once the authorities approves the same, it tin manus it implicit to the ACB which whitethorn either statesman an enquiry connected the facts mentioned successful the study oregon registry an offence against Khalid,” the root said.

Soon aft the lawsuit came to light, the Maharashtra authorities suspended IPS serviceman Khalid who has not yet been reinstated. The authorities besides formed a judicial committee to probe the rules flouted successful the collapse.

Incidentally, Khalid had been summoned by the ACB connected Wednesday successful transportation with a ailment fixed against him by a idiosyncratic who claimed to person sponsored the officer’s edifice enactment successful the US to get a hoarding declaration astatine Dadar.  The bureau had begun the probe against the serviceman successful July past year. Khalid did not look earlier the bureau and sought much time.

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